The total public debt stock of the federal government increased by 12.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in May 2025 as compared to the same month last year.
According to the monthly data issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the debt stock increased to Rs. 76.045 trillion in May 2025 as compared to Rs. 67.733 trillion in May 2024.
On a month-on-month basis, the total public debt stock of the federal government increased by 1.5 percent compared to Rs. 74.936 billion in April 2025.
The data shows that the domestic debt of the central government increased by 15.9 percent from Rs. 46.125 trillion in May 2024 to Rs. 53.46 trillion in May 2025, while it increased by 1.8 percent over the previous month.
Out of total domestic debt, the long-term public debt increased by 23.9 percent from Rs. 36.516 trillion in May 2024 to Rs. 45.26 trillion in May 2025.
The stock of short-term debt decreased by 14.6 percent from Rs. 9.522 trillion to Rs. 8.136 trillion during the last year.
